At least twice a week I hear about the tragedy of lost balls (baseballs, kickballs, etc…get your minds out of the gutters) to poison ivy. I know I get a little weary on hikes out of fear of returning with the poison ivy plague. Your answer? VODKA! Yes, that is right never attend a kickball game or hike without it.
Simply poor some vodka over the area that came in contact with the poison ivy and it should remove any residue left by the evil itchy plant.
There are a few other strange things vodka can do as well:
- For those of you avoiding the laundry vodka will actually freshen it up for you. Just mist the clothing with it and let air dry. Supposedly you will not smell like vodka once it evaporates.
- Wet a wash cloth with it and go at some chrome. It will help make your metal shine.
- A teaspoon of sugar and a couple drops of vodka will help your flowers last. For those of you dying to get rid of your roommate’s allergy causing flowers - pour in an entire bottle and leave out water
- Use vodka as a bug repellent. You can spray this directly on bugs or on you. Sip for me, spray for my skin, sip for me…
- Instead of peeing on yourself, or having someone pee on you, when you get stung by those nasty jellyfish apply vodka.
- To make hair prettier: Add a splash of vodka to a 12-ounce bottle of shampoo.
- Got mold? Use a spray bottle of vodka to kill it. Spray, let sit for 15 minutes then use your rommate’s toothbrush to scrub away the mold!
- Aches and pains? Fill a clean glass jar with fresh lavender flowers, then top off with vodka. Seal the lid tightly and place in the sun for three days (same idea as making sun tea!). Strain the resulting liquid through a coffee filter.
- Toothache: Swish a shot of vodka through your mouth (swallow two more J/K). It will help disinfect the area and numb some of the pain.
Don’t forget there is still the fashioned use of vodka. Pour and drink.
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mmmm….Vodka. My favorite is Tito’s Handmade Vodka.
And don’t forget vodka infusions are a wonderful way to make your own special signature alcoholic beverage. Such as:
Strawberry Vodka
Ingredients:
4 pints of strawberries
1 750ml Bottle of your favorite vodka
Directions:
Remove the green leafy hull with a paring knife and cut the strawberries in half. Add the strawberries and 750 ml of vodka into the infusion jar and let the strawberries infuse with the vodka over the next few days. Of course you can use vanilla beans, various fruits, herbs (yes, even that one), spices, whatever your heart desires. Be creative!
herbs (yes, even that one)
I get what happens to the vodka, but what happens to that herb after it has soaked in vodka for a couple days?
Strain it out, and throw it away. The active compounds in that herb are soluble in alcohol, so after you use it for infusing your vodka, it will be pointless to try to dry it out for regular consumption.
Throw it away? Why not dry it out and sell it to some wahoos.
Because karma would bite you on your shiny metal ass.
I try to stay on the positive side of karma, so when opportunities like this present themselves, I can take full advantage.
Brilliant! You go with your bad self….or would that be your good self? I am made of confuzzled.
Really, though, if you are going to use that herb, let it soak in an infusion/mason jar for about 2 weeks in a dark cool place, and shake it up once per day for optimum results.
echo, a wise friend told me you can never win the karma game, NEVER. just sayin’. trying to manipulate it is a tricky thing, careful grasshopper.
Maybe not, but you can certainly try.
Perhaps, if you’re good, I’ll share my Blue Honey recipe with you.
Hint: it uses a certain kind of mushroom & honey. Of course, you could probably find a variation of it online. Possibly-not-safe-for-workypoo-linkypoo.
it’s more authentic than oregano, so, you know, it’s only really half the bad karma.
Street it took me about 10 seconds on that site to find mushroom tequila. I like it already.
Hhahahaa!
Another one bites the dust. 
Vodka makes an excellent window cleaner too. But that’s some pricy-ass Windex.
Huh. They don’t have my Blue Honey recipe. Fresh is the way to go. It’s wasteful to use dried ones. Looks like I should register, and post it. I’ve always said: Just Say Know. I research everything of that nature before I ever consider consumption.
(Vodka + Olives + Ice) + Glass = Smiley Stress Buster
@16
I prefer the guess & check method myself
@18 hmmm…what is this white powder?
*taste tests it*
oooh, it’s rat poison, yay!
Interesting to say the least
I dont get poison ivy or oak or such things but I think I will try it with the flowers. I cant imagine the smell going away if you spray it on anything considering when I am around anyone who drinks it they stink - LOL!
Perhaps they wouldn’t stink so badly if they made an infusion out of it. Y’know, like garlic & limburger vodka. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
According to Mythbusters, vodka can also make a decent mouthwash and a wash for degunking your smelly disgusting feet.
vodka can also make a decent mouthwash
Mebbe so, but don’t use it to cover up the smell of pot on your breath before going back to work.
@22: That’s the kind of mouthwash that will make people think you have a drinking problem.
hmm… i’ll have to try it. I’m terribly allergiv to poison ivy. I got just from reading this thread.
And speaking of poison ivy be careful, there’s a nasty patch of it creaping down the wall on the south side of Market Street across from Vinegar Hill. I wonder who to contact at the city to get that cleaned up.
Parlie, go breathe on it.
@23 “i’ll have a sam adams”
“but glenn, it’s 11 in the morning!”
“i know, but i need to get the smell of weed and hookers off my breath.”
“i’ll have a sam adams too.”
Mythbusters busted this myth: http://www.tv.com/mythbusters/bullets-fired-up/episode/685731/reviews.html?review_id=183202
@27: Chuck, I don’t want to go find the episode and watch the whole thing, but didn’t they wait until after they had poison ivy to see if vodka would make it go away? I think if you use vodka as soon as you come into contact with poison ivy, it will neutralize the residue before it has a chance to react with your skin.
Thanks Echo! I think I did see that one and I think you are right. You have to use the vodka immediately…which is what I said in my post.
Why don’t we all do our own mythbusters?
We can do a Mythbusters, Lu. You go play in the poison ivy, and I’ll bring the vodka.
My experience with “The Bitch” (P.I.)…
Alcohol of any kind will work if applied immediately, as the Ivy secrets an oil, which alcohol breaks up. I prefer rubbing alcohol as it is significantly cheaper than grey goose. Once the oil is absorbed by the skin, alcohol will not help you one bit.
However, if you, or anyone you know has eczema (I do on my hands) you/they probably have access to a prescription strength topical steroid cream. This will absolutely kick poison ivy’s ass almost over night, and it doesn’t take very much. (It also works on bad mozzie bites, btw).
@26 Point taken.